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How Can Billing Experts Help Physicians as They Tackle Legal Issues in 2013?

Healthcare industry is undergoing constant reforms and with the new provisions set forth by the Affordable Care Act (ACA), physicians would certainly need to seek professional help to tackle legal issues in 2013. The government and insurance carriers are becoming highly vigilant about patient information and claim requirements. At the same time more and more […]

How best are medical practices prepared to address HIPAA breaches?

Contrary to the notion that government’s move to digitize healthcare information would enable healthcare providers, doctors, and insurance companies comply more aptly with HIPAA’s guidelines for patients’ privacy and security, there has been an upsurge in HIPAA breaches with providers being reported for breaches of some kind or the other. Electronic Health Record (EHR) systems, […]

How Healthcare Data Breaches Warrant the Intervention of Billing Specialists

Technology has really done wonders to the way doctors or hospitals document and exchange healthcare data across the clinical eco-system – with the digital mode, it is now finitely possible to record unimaginable volumes of data in miniature chips, and share them instantly for collaborative clinical management, research, medical billing, and macro healthcare policy decisions. […]

Transforming Your Data Centers into Secure, Instant, and HIPAA-Compliant

Medical data has significant utilities – as a vital source of reference for subsequent follow-ups, collaborative clinical management across the clinical network, medical billing, information bank for clinical research, and macro health care policies. While most of practitioners may have a system for storing, retrieving, and sharing the data across the health care eco-system, they […]

Increasing Revenue through HIPAA Compliant Practices

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), which was first enacted in 1996 to improve the efficiency of healthcare delivery, has come to be recognized as the standard for electronic data interchange (EDI), security, and confidentiality of all healthcare-related data. The Act mandates: standardized formats for all patient health, administrative, and financial data; unique identifiers […]

Managing HIPAA Issues at your medical practices

With the application of HIPAA, (Health Insurance Portability Accountability Act), health care organisations need to be cautious with whom to share the patient information. HIPAA calls for protection of the individual’s health information, at the same time; this privacy rule also permits limited disclosure of health related information to related entity of a person who […]

Challenges Faced by Physicians in 2012: An Overview

The hurdles faced by physicians in 2012 are not just limited to core medical issues but are also spread across almost all the facets of the health care delivery system. The changing nature of medical practices, changes in Information Technology and in other departmental processes is changing the face of the healthcare industry. Here are […]

Averting common operational & legal pitfalls at your medical practice

Medical practice and legal issues have long been inseparable. History is full of examples wherein practices have run into legal hassles, and eventually been penalized with criminal as well civil charges. Barring some strange cases that have been intentional, physicians have had to pay for what is known as negligence or reluctance to avail medico-legal […]

Physicians tackle HIPAA Requirements and Increased Scrutiny by Government

The health reforms have not only affected the way in which healthcare is delivered but also the way in which information is shared among various professionals and entities in the health industry. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations have become more stringent for physicians, and patient privacy is one of the issues that […]

HIPAA 5010 enforcement delayed to ensure doctors & entities complete transition

Enforcement of HIPAA 5010 transactions on March 15, 2012, was delayed for the second time for another 3 months by the government, with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Office of E-Health Standards and Services (OESS) pushing the date further to June 30, 2012, in order to not compromise physician cash flow. Physicians have […]

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